Phil Woolas: In July 2005 I announced the indicative allocation of £525 million Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF) resources for 2006–07 to 86 local authority districts. These allocations were subject to satisfactory progress by Local Strategic Partnerships. I can now confirm the final allocations for all 86 LSPs in receipt of NRF for the period 2006–07.
	As I said when we announced the allocation of the NRF last July we are committed to improving the overall quality of life for people living in our most disadvantaged areas. We want them to share fully in a better society where we see respect for people of all ages, races and faiths and respect for the communities they live in. The funds are to support local authorities, other agencies and communities to work together to achieve these goals.
	Ministers have made it clear that the initial allocations were conditional on satisfactory assessment of progress in the autumn. Those LSPs assessed as weak at that time were then required to put in place a robust improvement plan and demonstrate they had the capacity to deliver it by 13 January 2006.
	Overall Local Strategic Partnerships in these areas have made good progress in achieving neighbourhood renewal objectives since they started in 2001. There is evidence that progress has been made in reducing crime and worklessness and improving health, education and housing. However a small number of these areas— three—need to improve their performance. The Government are to withhold 10 per cent. of the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund allocation for the financial year 2006–07 from these three LSPs. The three LSPs (local authorities and their partners) and the amounts withheld are:
	
		
			   
		
		
			 Birmingham £3,226,641 
			 Kingston upon Hull £1,284,351 
			 Nottingham £1,423,614 
		
	
	Each of these LSPs will be required to complete plans to demonstrate how national floor targets are to be met and the gap narrowed between the poorest neighbourhoods and the city average. If these LSPs are able to demonstrate significant improvement by the end of April 2006, the funds withheld will be released during 2006–07.
	Details of the final allocations are contained within annex A.
	
		Annex A
		
			 Local Authority Neighbourhood Renewal Fund Allocation2006–07 
		
		
			 Great Yarmouth 1,937,614 
			 Norwich 1,958,817 
			 EAST 3,896,431 
			 Ashfield 642,407 
			 Bolsover 2,261,603 
			 Derby 3,689,320 
			 Leicester 7,692,824 
			 Lincoln 266,667 
			 Mansfield 2,187,637 
			 Nottingham 12,812,528 
			 EAST MIDLANDS 29,552,985 
			 Barking and Dagenham 1,632,728 
			 Barnet 1,000,000 
			 Brent 2,279,124 
			 Camden 6,495,606 
			 Croydon 1,000,000 
			 Ealing 1,187,313 
			 Enfield 1,673,635 
			 Greenwich 5,976,382 
			 Hackney 18,115,529 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,000,000 
			 Haringey 8,214,164 
			 Islington 9,654,127 
			 Lambeth 4,143,042 
			 Lewisham 2,207,255 
			 Newham 20,527,596 
			 Southwark 12,182,881 
			 Tower Hamlets 16,357,518 
			 Waltham Forest 2,298,141 
			 Westminster 3,055,379 
			 LONDON 119,000,419 
			 Derwentside 2,282,354 
			 Easington 6,826,031 
			 Gateshead 4,642,852 
			 Hartlepool 4,830,926 
			 Middlesbrough 8,360,256 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 7,128,786 
			 North Tyneside 2,766,222 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 3,396,939 
			 Sedgefield 1,025,033 
			 South Tyneside 8,287,116 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 3,684,295 
			 Sunderland 7,163,770 
			 Wansbeck 2,123,794 
			 Wear Valley 2,627,106 
			 NORTH EAST 65,145,480 
			 Allerdale 570,329 
			 Barrow-in-Furness 1,838,382 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 3,901,342 
			 Blackpool 3,193,260 
			 Bolton 5,425,706 
			 Burnley 1,821,612 
			 Halton 6,048,684 
			 Hyndburn 862,424 
			 Knowsley 11,380,037 
			 Liverpool 30,998,897 
			 Manchester 31,710,830 
			 Oldham 4,673,976 
			 Pendle 1,307,295 
			 Preston 2,520,434 
			 Rochdale 4,877,998 
			 Salford 9,308,195 
			 Sefton 5,631,300 
			 St. Helens 3,873,114 
			 Tameside 2,323,657 
			 Wigan 4,095,532 
			 Wirral 6,641,648 
			 NORTH WEST 143,004,649 
			 Brighton and Hove 1,801,470 
			 Hastings 1,574,148 
			 SOUTH EAST 3,375,618 
			 Bristol, City of 6,099,490 
			 Plymouth 2,423,325 
			 Kerrier 1,073,659 
			 Penwith 1,000,000 
			 SOUTH WEST 10,596,474 
			 Birmingham 29,039,769 
			 Coventry 5,289,550 
			 Dudley 1,577,157 
			 Sandwell 12,395,687 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 6,150,036 
			 Walsall 6,409,755 
			 Wolverhampton 5,928,270 
			 WEST MIDLANDS 68,790,225 
			 Barnsley 5,444,138 
			 Bradford 12,612,555 
			 Doncaster 8,699,463 
			 Kingston upon Hull 11,559,159 
			 Kirklees 4,183,464 
			 Leeds 12,811,301 
			 North East Lincolnshire 4,558,610 
			 Rotherham 3,495,660 
			 Sheffield 9,899,449 
			 Wakefield 4,439,314 
			 YORKSHIRE & HUMBERSIDE 77,703,114 
			 TOTAL ENGLAND 517,391,348